Joanne Allen

Notes:

The Texas Birth Index shows her as the daughter of John H ALLEN and Jewel ACREY.

Notes:

Janice Smith instead shows him as John Herald (vs Herel) ALLEN, and notes that his nickname was "Monkey."

John married Jewel Acrey on 11 Apr 1936. Jewel was born before 1908; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to Eva Halbert Hackney, he married R.H. Harrel? Could this have been a first wife, as he is listed as 'married twice' on the 1900 census.

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Census Listings:

1900 Census
Texas, Shelby County
Enumerated 13 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 88 Sheet 12A Stamped 128A
178-182
Allen, Theodore Head W M Oct 1870 29 M 2 Tx NC Ala
Allen, Jessie Wf W F Oct 1874 25 m2 2 1/1 Tx Ga Tx Merchant
Allen, Tempie Dtr W F Dec 1898 1 S Tx Tx Tx

1910 Census
Not located

1920 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, Garrison Town, JP No. 6
Enumerated 2 and 3 Jan 1920
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 1A
Garrison and Henderson Road
9-9
Allen, Theodore I Head M W 50 M Tx NC Ala Farmer
Allen, Jessie Wf F W 44 M Tx Ga Ala
Allen, Tempie Dtr F W 20 S Tx Tx Tx Telephone Operator
Allen, Oma Dtr F W 17 S Tx Tx Tx Telephone Operator
Allen, Harel Son M w 15 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home
Allen, Theo Dtr F W 13 S Tx Tx Tx
Allen, Ogel Dtr F W 11 S Tx Tx Tx

1930 Census
Texas, Nacogdoches County, Garrison Town, JP 6
Enumerated April 4, 1910
ED 174-15 SD 32 Sheet 3A Stamped 254
Main Street
56-58
Allen, Jessie Head F W 54 Wd Tx Tx Tx Seamtress At Home
Allen, Tempie Dtr F W 28 S Tx Tx Tx Local Manager Telephone Exchange
Allen, Theo Dtr F W 22 S Tx Tx Tx Bookkeeper Bank
---59
Leissner Robert Head M W 26 M Tx Tx Tx Teacher
Leissner, Adelaide B Wf F W 23 m 23 Tx Tx Tx

Theodore married Jessie Doggett on 14 Jan 1898 in Shelby County, Texas. Jessie was born on 11 Oct 1875 in Texas; died on 1 Jun 1964 in Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Garrison, Nacogdoches County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J6MJ-JZ4
Name: Jessie Allen
Death Date: 01 Jun 1964
Death Place: Garrison, Nacogdoches, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Death Age: 88 years 7 months 20 days
Estimated Birth Date:
Birth Date: 11 Oct 1875
Birthplace: Texas
Marital Status: Widowed
Spouse's Name:
Father's Name: Abe Doggett
Father's Birthplace:
Mother's Name: Florence Alford [sic-Shown by Janice Smith as Florence Louisa Alice Caldwell]
Mother's Birthplace:
Occupation: Retired Domestic
Place of Residence: Garrison, Nacogdoches, Texas
Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery
Burial Place: Nacogdoches, Texas
Burial Date: 03 Jun 1964
Additional Relatives: X
Film Number: 2117595
Digital Film Number: 4028380
Image Number: 40
Reference Number: CN 45539
Collection: Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976

Notes:

Said to have been born in the Old District 96 of South Carolina.

Per FIRST SETTLERS OF SABINE COUNTY he received 320 acres of land on March 4, 1844

It is currently not known where he was located in 1840. There is a John W. Allen listed on the Carroll Parish, Louisiana census at that time. However, that John Allen was born sometime between 1800 and 1810, and has two daughters over the age of 10. It is not currently known if they are the same man.

On the 1854 Scholastic Census, his children Jas T. and Martha (s/b Margaret Elizabeth) were shown as being enrolled

In YELLOWED PAGES: VOLUME XXIV, No. 1, Spring, 1994, page 43, a list of Sabine County Voter's registrations are shown. Information about J.W. Allen is shown as follows:

January 29, 1868: 478 J.W. Allen Pct. Mi3, Years in State--27, Years in County--27, Years in Pct--27, Native of South Carolina.

According to the book "Selected Tax Rolls of Shelby County, Texas 1837,1845,1855,1865,1875,1885," a J.W. Allen paid taxes in Shelby County in 1885.

In her notes, Kate Allen Tirado erroneously list her uncle as John T. Allen, and shows his place of death as Sabine County.

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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 1 Oct 1850
12-12
John W. Allin 27 M Farmer South Carolina
Cariline C " 23 F Miss
Jamest T. " 3 M Tx
Elizabeth " 1 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Redland Beat No, 4, PO Milam
Enumerated 27 Jun 1860
Page 22
156-156
Allen, J.W,37,M,W, Clock Pedlar, $--- $700 SC
" , James T,13, M, W, TX
" , Elizabeth Do,11,F,W, TX (married to William Fullen)
" , Jane (*),9,F, W, TX (married to John Fullen) (brothers)
" , Susan (#),1, F, W, TX

*Jane is the daughter of J.W. Allen by wife Caroline. Jane was born in December 1850, and the 1850 census was taken in October 1850. Therefore, Caroline would have been between 6 and 7 months pregnant at the time of the census. The 1860 census was taken in June, before Jane had reached her 10th birthday.

#The mother of Susan Allen is not known. It does not seem likely that she is the daughter of John's second wife, Margaret Harvey Allen, who had moved back home with their one year old daughter, Mary Allen. Did John have a daughter by a woman other than his then wife, perhaps leading to their separation? Or is Susan perhaps a niece or other family member? Or are Mary/Susan the same child, listed in both households?

His former wife, Margaret, and his daughter Mary are living in another household in 1860, as follows:

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Patroon Beat No 5, PO Milam
Enumerated 6 July 1860
Pages 29 and 30
224-224
ZMA Smith 59 F Farmer 400 671 NC
Margaret Allen 34 F La
W.H. Harvey 21 M Farmer LA
ZMA Smith 8 F Tx
MAA " 5 F Tx
Mary E. Allen 1 F Tx

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat 4, PO Milam
Enumerated 2 July 1870
Page 3
112-112
Allen, John W.,47,M,W,Farmer,300, 800, S.C.
" , Frances A., 27,F,W, Ala
" , Britton (*),5,M,W,TX
" , Robert K,4,M,W, TX
" , Theodore I, 2,M,W,TX
Seaford, Frank ,32,M,W,Laborer,Prussia

*Esther McGrew Hardin in San Antonio notes that this is a name often used in the Odom and Means family (associated with the Blackburn and McGrew families of Sabine County). John and Frances Allen were living only two households away from M. Blackburn (Martha Cole Blackburn), a 72 year old Widow (of Alexander Blackburn, brother of Eliz. Blackburn) born in South Carolina and living with the family of J.N. and Susan Bailey.

1880 Census
Texas, Shelby County, Precinct 3
Enumeratd 13 Jun 1880
Page 13 SD 1 ED 89 Stamped 1 56
106-108
Allen, J.W., W,M,67,Farming, SC,GA,SC
" ,F.A., W,F,38,Wife, Keeping House,AL,AL,AL
" ,J.B.,W,M,15,Son,at home, TX,SC,AL
" ,R.G.,W,M,13,Son,at home, TX,SC,AL
" ,Theodore I,W,M,10,Son,at home,TX,SC,AL
" ,Bannister,W,M,8,Son,at home,TX,SC,AL
" ,Adelia,W,F,6,Dtr,at home,TX,SC,AL
" ,Alarissa?,W,F,4,Dtr,at home,TX,SC,AL
" ,Laura,W,F,3,Dtr,at home,TX,SC,AL
" ,Annie,W,F,1,Dtr,at home,TX,SC,AL

John married Mary Frances A. Alford on 17 Jan 1865 in Sabine County, Texas. Mary (daughter of Isham Alford and Sylvia Ann Hodges) was born on 26 Jan 1842 in St. Clair County, Alabama; died on 7 Jan 1921 in Center, Shelby County, Texas; was buried in Allen Family Cemetery, Patroon, Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Her FindAGrave memorial, created by Sheron Smith-Savage, notes that "Mrs. Frances Allen was the mother of Mrs. Frank Swanzy and of T. I. Allen of Garrison. In 1920 she was living with daughter and son-in-law Adelia, 48, and William H. Eddins, 53, and their 5 children. "Funeral services and burial took place at the Allen cemetery in the Patroon community.""

Obituary, The Champion, January 19, 1921, reprinted in Mildred Cariker Pinkston, Obituaries of Early Pioneers, Shelby County, Texas, Center: Center Printing Co., 1983, I:141

Mrs. J. W. Allen, in Mangum Funeral Home files, Center, TX, 1921

Her memorial page also erroneously cites her father was Isom Allen, when her father was actually Isham Alford.